Contexts

sociology for the public

Contexts editors

Write like you mean it!

by Syed Ali
Simply, and with nuance and complexity. Simple does not have to be simplistic. Read More

Sociology unfound

by Philip Cohen
The economist Justin Wolfers, writing for the New York Times Upshot, reports that economists increasingly outnumber other social scientists in mentions in the both the Times and — … Read More

So you want to write for Contexts?

by Syed Ali
Photo by Matt Hampel from Flickr Creative Commons. So you want to write for Contexts, the sociology mag for the masses? Excellent! We would … Read More

How do you understand people in their social worlds?

by Philip Cohen
Contexts is about understanding people in their social worlds. To do that we often reach into our toolbox of concepts — to help frame questions, … Read More

Sociology's irrelevance in the news

by Syed Ali
Layers of irrelevance (photo by Dan Phiffer from Flickr Creative Commons) In an article in today’s Chronicle of Higher Education, Orlando Patterson, an eminent … Read More

Introducing Contexts online

by Philip Cohen
Contexts isn’t just a print magazine. As Syed Ali and I take over the editor’s desk, we’re adding a stream of online content — … Read More

About Contexts

Contexts is a quarterly magazine that makes cutting-edge social research accessible to general readers. We're the public face of sociology.

It is a publication of the American Sociological Association, edited by Amin Ghaziani and Seth Abrutyn (University of British Columbia), with Letta Page.